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Langdale CofE School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Chapel Stile, Great Langdale, Ambleside LA22 9JE · langdalecofeschool.co.uk · 01539 437204
On the mapSearch near LA22 9JE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 31
- 55% of 56 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.1%
- First language not English
- 6.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Westmorland and Furness Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 3 families put the school first and 3 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Langdale CofE School on 3 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement
- Inspected
- 3 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Positive
- 83%
- Replies
- 12
- 36% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on 3 parents (25%) with SEND